Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17941, Phenix Carpenter Ellis, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
born. continental
Ellis, Phenix Carpenter
S. 17941
carded
CONTENTS
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[Ruled lines for entry]

Albany N. York
at 5 P.M. Feb 17 '47
Benjamin Carpenter Ellis deceased
in the State of New York
was a Sgt. in the commanded Captain of the commanded line for Continental
See roll act May 15. 1828.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany NY at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1828 and to end December 7. 1838, when he
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1847 and sent to Hon. R.H. Gillet, Rq. Treasury
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending payable to Elyha Denny administer. see special act March 3. 1847.
{ Revolutionary Claim May 15. 1828 Act June 7, 1832 March 3. 1847 Clerk
Recorded by Jno D Wilson. Book: Act 1828 Vol. Page

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss.
Be it known that before Me Joseph Kierny a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Phineas Carpenter Ellis and made oath in due form of law that he is the Identical person named in an Original Certificate in his possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy.
Revolutionary Claims N o 1129
Under an act entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 th May 1828
I certify that Phineas Carpenter Ellis of Madrid in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned act as a surviving Sergeant of Infantry in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution at the rate of Ten dollars a month payable during his life on the third day of March and third day of September in each year
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States this Sixteenth day of February in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty five and of Independence the fifty Ninth
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury

That he Now resides in the town of Charlottenburgh, Province of Upper Canada and has resided there for the space of Thirty Years last past, and that previous thereto he resided in Preston, County of New London State of Connecticut. Phenix Carpenter Ellis Sworn before me and Subscribed this 3 rd day of September 1838
Joseph Kimmy Justice of the peace
I know all men by these presents that I Phenix Carpenter Ellis of Charlottenburgh aforesaid a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis Benedict my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensioners in the City of Albany my pension from the third day of March 1838 to the third day of September 1838.
Witness my hand and Seal the 3 rd day of September 1838
Sealed and delivered Phenix C Ellis in the presence of
Elisha Denison Joseph Kimmy Justice of the Peace
State of New York } St Lawrence County } Be it known that on the third day of September 1838 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Phenix Carpenter Ellis above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Joseph Kimmy Justice of the peace
P C Ellis

The People of the State of New York, To Elisha Dennison, Send Greeting.
Whereas, Phoenix Carpenter Ellis as is alleged, lately died intestate, leaving whilst living, and at the time of his death, goods, chattles or credits within this State, by means whereof the ordering and granting administration of all and singular the said goods, chattles & credits, and also the auditing, allowing and finally dis- charging the account thereof, doth appertain to us, and we being desirous that the goods, chattles and credits of the said deceased may be well & faithfully administered, applied & disposed of, do grant unto you, the said Elisha Dennison full power by these presents to administer, and faithfully to dispose of all and singular the said goods, chattles and credits, to ask, demand, receive and receive the debts which unto the said deceased, whilst living, and at the time of his death, did belong, and to pay the debts which the said deceased did owe, so far as such goods, chattles and credits, will thereto extend and the law require. Hereby requiring you to make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattles and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to your hands, possession or knowledge. Also to make or cause to be made duplicates of such inventory, and cause the same to be signed by the appraisers, and the same so made and signed that you make return thereof to the Surrogate of the County of St Lawrence, within three months from the date hereof, and further to render a just and true account of your administration when thereunto required. And we do by these presents depute, constitute

and appoint your administrators of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits which were of the said deceased -
In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of office of our Surrogate to be hereunto affixed - Witness Charles G. Myers Esquire Surrogate of the said County at Ogdensburg in said County the thirtieth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six -
Chas G. Myers
Surrogate -

St. Law. Sur Court
In the Estate of Phenix C. Ellis dec d .
Letter of Administration
Chas Myres Surrogate

Mapena 074. Apr. 8
Apr 14 '47.
Laid 10
Hon. R. H. Gillet Washington City. D. C.
Adm. of Ph. Car: Ellis, Special Act.

To now all men by these presents that I Elisha Denison of Massena County of St Lawrence State of New York Administra- tor of the estate of Phoenix Carpenter Ellis Deceased. Do constitute and appoint the Hon. Ransom H. Sillit now supposed to be at the city of Washington D. C. My true and lawful attorney to ask for and receive in my name the balance due the said Ellis as a revolutionary pensioner from the 4 th of March 1838 to the 7 th of December of the same year as a sergeant at $10.00 per month. According to a law passed the last session of Congress Massena } April 7 th 1847 } Elisha Denison
State of New York St Lawrence County ss personally appeared Elisha Denison (before me the under named justice of the peace) known to me as the person who executed the above instrument and he acknowledged that he executed the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned this 7 th day of April 1847 A Colburn Justice of the peace

Massena 7 th April 1847 M. H. Sill
Yours truly Elisha D. Denson
St. on. R. W. Dillet - E. Ph  Ph Whitney

P 17941 INVALID.
File No. 17941
Phoebe Carpenter Ellis
Clergy Rev Mrs Conn line
no 7176
Act: May 15 "28 & March 3" 42 on NY roll
Index: —Vol. / , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3319 REJECTED
P. O. Henry Carpenter Ellis
Service: See admitted soldier act 1828 File n o 17.941
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .

Copy WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3 d of March 1847, Phenix Carpenter Ellis, who was a Sergeant of Infantry, and a pensioner under the act of May 15. 1828, and died on the Seventh day of December 1838, is entitled to Ten dollars per month, from the fourth of March 183 eighteen hundred and thirty eight to the Seventh of December of the same year year; and that the amount is directed by the law to be paid to Elisha Denison, Administrator of said Phenix Carpenter Ellis, deceased.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-Seven
W L M
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Actg
G W L Commissioner of Pensions.

Suspended Let. 5. July '34 to Hon. S. Wright Canal.
Act. 7. June '32
Ditt. 29 Jan'y 1835 to Hon. S. Wright 13 papers sent to the Sec. of the Treasury Feb 2 o 1835. See letter.
Phenix C. Ellis, du o N.Y. roll, act 1828
let to Ebenezer man 13 1846.

Hon. Silas Wright
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commisioner of Pensions.

Washington 29 June 1834
My Dear Sir,
I have written to learn something of the papers in the case of Phoenix's cooperater Ellis of which I made inquiry at the office some time ago and they could not be found, and I receive the enclosed as the answer. I presume the note from the department will enable you to find the papers as they probably are in the Treasury office. I wish you would cause them to be looked up and that you would examine them and write me, directed to Canton, St. Lawrence County, N. York, informing me what difficulties yet exist to the allowance of the Pension.
In great haste
I am most truly Yours
Silas Wright Jr.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
N. B. Please return the enclosed in your letter.

R. 14 July 1880.
2013.
I certify that the name of Carpenter Ellis ap- pears on the Rolls of Service of the 1 Regiment Connecticut line of Continental Troops, as having enlisted on the 1 May 1777 for during the War, in Captain Eldridge's Company "captured August 29 1779 - reduced October 30 1779. dis- banded January 1780 - Sergeant 24 September 1781."
War Department Pension Office July 14 1880 J. L. Edwards
see letter 4408.

Enquire of Mr. Charles D. Day an of the House of Representatives.
See letter 5300.

Pension Office, March 12, 1846.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 28 th ult., I have to inform you that the pension of Phenix Carpenter Ellis, dec d . was last paid to the 4 th of March, 1838. The books of this office do not shew to whom the last payment was made. If the pensioner has been dec d more than six years, no arrears of pension can be obtained, as the 4 th section of the Act of March 3, 1845, forbids the payment of such a claim unless the person claiming be an infant, lunatic or feme covert.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t . Servt.
Elisha Denison, Esq. Mapena, St. Lawrence Co. N. Y.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 Feb 1835
SIR :
Your claim, under the abovementioned act, having been examined, you are found to be entitled to the pay of a Sergeant of Infantry in the Continental Line. The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be remitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Saml Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury.
M c Pherson & Ellis.

Revolutionary Claims,
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
21 June 1833.
SIR;
In answer to your letter of the 8 th inst. I have to inform you that it is necessary that you should get the evidence of some person who served in the revolution with you, as to your identity.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. S. Duane, Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. P. C. Ellis.

Phenix Carpenter Ellis N.Y.
put this paper among N.Y. Suspended cards.
See letter to Hon. Silas Wright Jr. May 29. 1834 —

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
I wish to look at the papers in the case of Phoenix Carpenter Ellis an applicant for a pension and if you will do me the favor to enclose them to me I will be responsible for their safe return to your files.
In haste Yours &c Silas Wright Jr.
Washington 29 May 1834

Recd 5 Feb 1835.
616
War Department Pension Office February 2. 1835.
Sir,
At the request of the Hon. Silas Wright, Senate U States, I have the Honor to enclose herewith the papers in the case of Phenix Carpenter Ellis.
I have the Honor to be Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t J. L. Edwards
Hon. Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury. }

War Department Pension Office May 29. 1834
Sir,
In reply to your enquiry for the papers in the case of Phoenix Carpenter Ellis, I have the honor to inform you that a careful search has been made, and it cannot be discovered that any papers in support of his claim to a pension have been received at this office.
I find the name of "Carpenter Ellis" on the rolls of Col. Huntington's regiment as a soldier in Capt Eldridge's Company.
I herewith return the memorandum in relation to the case.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obedt Servant J. L. Edwards
Hon. Silas Wright, Jr., Senate U. States

Revolutionary Claims
FREE
Hon. W. J. Duane Esq Secretary U. S. Treasury City of Washington

Re. 20 July 1833.
Nashua July 12 th 1833.
5467.
Hon W. I. Duane Esq Secretary N.Y. Treasury
Sir
Your favor of the 28 th Utl upon the subject of my claim for a Pension was duly rec d . The only remaining objection now seems to be as to my identity - In order to do away that, I now enclose you the affidavits of George Redington Esq and Elisha Dinsmore Esq - The affidavit of Mr. Redington will show to you that upon making my first application for a Pension & before any communication was forwarded to your Department upon the subject - I stated to him that I was known in the Army by the name of "Carpenter Ellis" & I think had it not been for advice that my name would

probably he found upon the Rolls as I was christened I should have stated it to be "Carpenter Ellis" Supposing it however to make no difference if either name was found upon Rolls as I think I stated in my first declaration. That I was called "Carpenter Ellis" in the Army - I now know of no one living that was in service with me in the Army - The affidavit of Mr Denison shows that I am the same person although he was not in the Army with me - yet he knew of my being in the Army & that I was then called Carpenter Ellis & that I am the same person now calling myself P.C. Ellis -
I hope this may be satisfactory as it is all the evidence I now have in my favour
Yours Respectfully Phoebe C. Ellis

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7 March 1833.
Sir;
In answer to your letter of the 13 th ult. I have to inform you that it is desirable you should get the evidence of some person, who served in the revolution with you, as to your identity
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Louis M c Lane Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. P. C. Ellis.

Revolutionary Claims,
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 Sept. 1833.
SIR;
In answer to your letter of the 6 th inst. I have to inform you that it is necessary you should obtain the evidence of some person who served with you in the revolution, as to your identity.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. B. Taney Secretary of the Treasury.
W. Phineas C Ellis.

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M rs . Elisha Dennison
Mopero My

Ogdensburgh July 18. 1840.
My Dear Sir,
I take the first leisure moment since my return from Court, to prepare the pension papers you requested. I write here hardly necessary, & perhaps not proper for the seal to make the afft until after the proof in court, & the certificate of the Clerk is made. They must of course correspond as to names & etc. You will see what is to be proved by reading over the papers I have prepared. The original certificate must be in court when the proof is made.
The power of Attorney as well as the affidavit of the son must be made on our side & before a Justice whose name is either now filed in Albany or whose signature can be certified by the County Clerk.
Yours oblt Servt R. H. Gilmer
May D. Dennison
P.S. I do not send you the old papers as they cannot be needed. They make a large bundle.

CO
Elisha Dennis Day Mapers NY

Cydmhurst Feb 23. 1841
Elizabeth Dennison Esq
Dear Sir
I took up the Ellis pension papers this morning. I do not find among them the original certificate without which I cannot make out the necessary papers &c. If you have the papers that were made out for draw- ing the money that you sent on, send them with the original certificate. If you have not the original certificate, let me know where it is. As soon as I get it, I will do the needful in the premises without delay.
Yours afft servt R. H. Gillies

Ph: Carpenter Ellis du Albany Ill.
$10 per month, from the 4 th March 1838 to the 7 th Decr. 1838 - pay a ble to Elisha Dennis adm. of said P.C.E. Sp act March 3. 1847
Am R. H. Gillet Reg. Treasury

Petition of Elisha Devison - Admin- istrator of Felix Carpenter Ellis for a law to authorize the payment of the Pensions of Ellis due in his life time -
Preston King
Col. Invalid Pensions -
December 21, 1846 Referred to the Com. on Invalid Pensions

To the Hon the Senate & House of Rep- resentatives of the United States
The undersigned administrator of Philip Carpenter Ellis a pensioner represents that some pension is due to said Ellis being the amount he was entitled to draw from March 4 th 1838 to Dec r 7. of the same year when he died and as by lapse of time the commissioner of pensioners is not authorized to pay it you the un- dersigned petitions Congress for a law to authorize the payment thereof
Wapawa Nov. 7. 1846
Elisha D. Morris
Administrator of Philip Carpenter Ellis Deceased

Maspero NY May 1882
Fre
The Honorable Louis M. Gleason Secretary of the Treasury — Washington

Rec'd May 182. Mapene April 28-1832 45.08 To the Honorable Lewis M c Lean Sir 1883
Yours of the 18 th of Febr y was duly Rec d with I answered correctly but have Rec d no Answer to that from your Office as I hope and Expected Sir you Ask me if I Rec d bounty Land from my Government if so what whether I Sold and to whom all with I answered as well as I could Rec d that I did Rec d bounty Land some 4 or 5 years after the Revolution and that I Sold to a man in the Town of Norwith in Connecticut who's name I have forgot for $84 only not at that time thinking of much value to me Pray Sir on the Rec t of this Answer and tell me if any thing can be done for me in my old age and needy Circumstances I think if any Person ever was entitled to any thing for Services done in the Revolutionary war I am I under went every thing but death in sickness cold and hunger and never Deserted my Colours nor my Comrades cause and though I am not where to find living Proof yet was to come to Washington (with by some means I may possibly lose preserve) could get the Rec d s such which would show the facts I have stated
I am Sir your most Obedient and Very Humble Servant
Phineas C. Ellis

No of orig Pgt 1176
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 July 1830.
SIR :
In the examination of your claim under the abovementioned act, it is desirable to know when and where you enlisted, of whom you received the certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, and where you have resided since the revolutionary war.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
P D Hughes
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. P. C. Ellis.

To
Eq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir.
I write to inquire if Ransom H. Gilbert Esq. has presented at your office my letter of Attorney (as administrator to the estate of Phenix Carpenter Ellis deceased) for the purpose of drawing the arrears of pension due said Ellis up to the time of his decease and whether if presented the amount due was paid over to Mr. Gilbert and if so how much? At the time of said Ellis's death there was 9 Months & 24 days pension money due at $12 50 per mo.
If the letter of Atty. was presented and the arrear not paid please state for what reason
Your immediate answer is respectfully by Your Ob t Servant
Elisha D. D. D.
Massena February 28. 1846
Address your answer to me as follows
Elisha D. D. D. Massena St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.

Phenix Carpenter Ellis, New York roll (or Albany), act May 15. 1828.
Bepleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Remain of his March 12. 1846. }
to 4 March 1838
JH

Washington Sept 7. 1846
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 12th of August came here in my absence. I understood that the Com. of Pensions will not pay such claims as Mrs Ellis after six years. You must send a petition to Congress & ask pay for the balance as admin- istrator. Mr King will attend to it with pleasure. I have not been to see the Com. but I know the result just as well as if I had been. I am very weak from sickness which is the reason why I do not go. There can be no trouble in getting pay from Congress I return the certificate
Yours obed Servt N. D. Gillit
Col. Olisha Denison

Jan 17
My Phenix Carpenter Ellis-
3319
Hon. S. Wright Senate Hon. S. Wright Senators
Jan 17-1835

Washington 30 Dec 1840
My Dear Sir, Your favor of the 18th inst. came to me a few days since. I have made inquiry at the Pension office, and do not find there the second set of papers which you say were made out for the heirs to draw the balance of pension due to Mr. Ellis. I send you the letter of the Commissioner of pensions, from which you will see that he is entitled to his pension to the day of his death, and I send you the blank forms by which to make the papers to draw the money. It can only be drawn here now. If the widow is living she must draw it. If not the children, or if there be an executor, or administrator, as I suppose there is not, on this side at any rate, he can draw it for the children. The widow, or children, or administrator will have to go before a court of record to make the papers and you will have to employ a lawyer to prepare them. I believe we have a court in January, and we certainly have a circuit court in February. Take the blanks to the lawyer, with Mr. Edwards letter, and he will understand them. Mr. Gillely certainly will, though there are more forms than you want sent, because the different courts with all apply to all. You may have the power of Attorney made to me, and if the papers get here by the first of March, or some few days after, I can attend to it.
I have not time to draw the papers, nor can I do it, because

I do not know the facts, or the names of the parties. The directions will show you that the original pension certificate, herewith sent back to you, must be connected with the papers and returns here to draw the money. I also send back to you the old power to draw the last half year.
I am Respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
Silas Wright Jr.
Elisha D. Dunsen Esq.

Pension Office
28 th Decr 1840
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 21 st inst n in the case of Philip Carpenter Ellis dec d late a Pensioner under the Act of the 15 th May 1828, I have to inform you that the amount due up to the period of his decease, viz. the 7 th December 1838, is payable at the Treasury Department under the Act of the 6 th April 1838.
The amount due as aforesaid, is payable to the widow if there be one, if not, each child can draw his portion separately, or all the children can receive the whole jointly. By the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 19 th June 1840, an executor or administrator is authorized to receive the stipend of a deceased pensioner for the sole and exclusive benefit of the children, to be by him distributed among them in equal shares, and the same shall not be considered as a part of the assets of said estate, nor liable to be applied to the payment of the debts of said estate in any case whatever. The enclosed printed instructions and forms are forwarded for the guidance of the parties concerned. The papers are herewith returned.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obed Serv t
J. L. Edwards
Hon Silas Wright Jr Senator U. S.

Re. 717 Feb 1835.
6172.
Washington 15 Feby 1835
The Hon. Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury.
Dear Sir,
By my request a set of pension papers were transmitted by Mr. Edwards, the Commissioner of Pensions, to your office, because the original application was made under the act of 1828, the execution of which is confined to the Treasury department. Mr. Edwards's note advising me of the transmission of the papers bears date on the 2nd inst. and I request that as early an examination of the additional testimony may be made as is consistent with the duties of the office charged with that examination. The whole difficulty hitherto has consisted in the identification of the individual. His name is "Phoenix Carpenter Ellis," and he is found upon the rolls, still existing and preserved in the War department, as "Carpenter Ellis." I know the man personally and have myself not a doubt of the identity, and I cannot entertain a doubt that the additional evidence of a fellow soldier now submitted will be satisfactory to the department. Still I wish a decision at an early day that I may be able to advise the old gentleman upon my return what are his prospects. I know he has given the department great trouble for a long time, but I think it has grown out of a want of a proper appreciation of the point to be settled, by those who have advised him in his efforts, rather than out of any disposition on his part to cause unnecessary labour any where. I will be much obliged if an early decision in this case can be made known to me.
With great respect
Your obedt. Servt
Silas Wright Jr.

Phoebe barfeater Ellis 31.401
Transferred to the Pension Office Treasury Department 30 June 1834
Broles
1 Regt. Eldridge Comp. Enlisted 1 May 77 - War Corpl. 29 Aug. 79 - reduced to 20. 79 - Corpl. Jan'y 80 - Sergt. 24 Sept. 81 -
Hon. Silas Wright Jr. Canton St. Lawrence N.Y.
Ch. 1835 Settled at Treasury Canton Ad. OWN File # 17941

State of New York } St. Lawrence County } ss: Be it known that before me Joseph Kinney a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Phenix Carpenter Ellis and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical person named in an Original Certificate in his possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy.
Revolutionary Claims N o 1129
Under an act entitled An act for the relief of cer- tain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 May 1828.
I certify that Phenix Carpenter Ellis of Madrid in the County of St. Lawrence and State of New York is entitled to receive pay under the abovementioned act as a surviving Sergeant of Infantry in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution at the rate of ten dollars a month payable during his life on the third day of March and third day of September in each year. It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hands and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States this Sixteenth day of February in the year One Thousand Eight-hundred and Thirty five and of Independence the Fifty Ninth
Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury.
That he now resides in the town of Charlottenburgh - Province of Upper Canada, and has resided there for the space of thirty years last past, and that previous thereto he resided in Preston, County of New London State of Connecticut. } Phenix Carpenter Ellis Sworn before me and subscribed } this 3 rd day of September 1835 }
Joseph Kinney Justice of the peace

Know all men by these presents that I Phenix Carpenter Ellis of Charlottenburgh aforesaid a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis Benedict my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the city of Albany my pensions from the third day of March 1838 to the third day of September 1838.
Witness my hands and seal the 3 rd day of September
# 1838
„ Elisha D. Emerson Phenix Carpenter Ellis
„ Joseph Hinney Justice of the Peace
# Sealed & delivered in the presence of us, written
State of New York
St Lawrence County } ss. Be it known that on the third day of September, 1838 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Phenix Carpenter Ellis above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands the day and year last above mentioned.
Joseph Hinney
Justice of the Peace
P. C. Ellis

State of New York } § I Lawrence County } Be it known that Before me Joseph Kinney a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Phoenix Carpenter Ellis and made Oath in due form of law that he is the Identical person named in an original certificate in his possession of which Certify the following is a true Copy -
Revolutionary Claims No 1129.
Under an act entitled an act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 th May 1828.
I certify that Phoenix Carpenter Ellis of Madride in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned act as a surviving Sergeant of Infantry in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution at the rate of Ten dollars a month payable during his life on the 3 rd day of March and 3 rd day of September in each year
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be Transferable, or liable to attachment, levy or Seizure by any legal process whatsoever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States this Sixteenth day of February in the year One Thousand Eight- hundred and Thirty Five and of Independence the Fifty Ninth
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury

That he now resides in the Town of Charlottenburgh Province of Upper Canada and has resided there for the space of thirty years last past; and that previous thereto he resided in Preston - County of New London State of Connecticut Sworn before me and } Phenix Carpenter Ellis Subscribed 2 nd day of October 1838
Joseph Kinney Justice of the peace
Know all men by these presents that I Phenix Carpenter Ellis of Charlottenburgh aforesaid a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Edward Wilson my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensioners in the City of Albany my pension from the third day of March 1838 to the third day of September 1838
Witness my hand and Seal the 2 nd day of October 1838
Sealed and delivered } Phenix Carpenter Ellis in the presence of Elisha Denson Joseph Kinney, J. P.
From G W Campbell
State of New York } St Lawrence County } Be it known that on the 2 nd day of October 1838 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Phenix Carpenter Ellis above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Joseph Kinney Justice of the peace
must claim a year
Phenix Carpenter Ellis

State of New York St Lawrence County ss.
on this eighteenth day of December 1839 personally appeared in the County of Common Pleas in for the County of St Lawrence Elisha Dennison & made oath that he was personally acquainted with Philip Carpenter Ellis for many of years in the County of St Law- rence in the County of St Lawrence who was a pensioner of the Revolution- ary war & that the certificate hereto annexed is the original certificate issued to him. That said Ellis is dead & that he died on the seventh day of December 1838 That before his death the only papers were made for him to draw his pension due at the time they were made. Deponent understands & believes that he did not draw his pay on them. Deponent further says that he then said Ellis did not leave a widow surviving him, but that he has two sons named David & Ezra Ellis
Sworn before me April 18 th 1839 A C Smith
Elisha Dennison
And thereupon the said Court in con- sidering upon the said evidence so as above given, did decide & declare it as their opinion that the said Philip Carpenter Ellis was such pen- sioner & died on the said seventh day of December

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hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my said office on the day & year first above written.
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Canton City July 1
Revolutionary Claim To The Hon ble Louis M c Clane Secretary of Treasury Washington City

Rec'd 10 Feb 1832.
Mapes Jan 25-1832 #4302
Sir
yours of the 15 of July 1830 was duly
Rec'd my Reason for not answering it before has been on the account of my Poor health and the Small Possibility of my long wanting assistance from my Government or friends but as God in his Providence has seen fit to prolong my life to the Present now Necessity prompts me to apply to Government for assistance a thing while I was in Labour I never intended but Reflecting that I spent the Prime of my Life in my Contrarys Cause that was in the midst of blood and Carnage I never shrunk from danger or duty that I underwent Every thing but death by imprisonment and Provisions & that many of my Brother Soldiers who has Aplyed to Government for Obtained assistance while I am alive where now more deserving than I am induced major my Old age and Reduc'd Circumstances to Appear to the Generosity of my Government and know Sir you say it is desirable to know when and whom I enlisted of whom I Recd the Certificate for the Pension of Eighty dollars when I enlisted During the war and when I have Recd since the Revolutionary war I will endeavour to answer thours inquiries as well as my broken memory will allow me Relying Principally to show that I am not an impostor on my Number I have found with much on the muster Rolls my discharges & I first enlisted with Lieut Beckwith in Col Parsons Ridgement in the fall of 1775 joined the Ridgement at Boston the Dec r following when the British evacuated Boston we went to New York I was in the Battle of Flatbush I went with the Rangers to Haerbeck then under the Command of Col Norton had several engagements Col Norton was killed in the fall of 1776 at Harbuck height I was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington Put into the Sugarhouse prison I think the 17 of Nov r 1776 the first day of Dec r following I was Removed to the Prison Ship Dutton Laying in New York with 504 of my Contray men & were taken out on the 17 of Jan y following when there was but 170 left of the number alive my former enlistment being ended at that time my health I enlisted with Capt Elmer in Col Hunting Ridgement of the Connecticut Line joined the Ridgement at Pelskill I was with Gen l Washington army at Germantown Battle & at Monmouth Battle & Several Skirmishes

I was in Massachus D r Le Fayette's country over Summer I had lost my letter and Returned home on a furlough from Gen d Huntington I Returned to the Army in the fall of 1801 or 2 at West Point Not being able to undergo the fatigues of the Army I got a got another furlough from Gen d Huntington until I was sent for when the Army was disbanded at West Point my Discharge was sent at West Point when the Army was disbanded in 1783 I having not Returned to the Regiment I was put in a Corporal in I think 1800 in 1801 I was made a Sergeant and continued as such till the end of the war and as such discharged I was a long time out of health & with I never have nor expect fully to regain I think Received Certificate for the Award of Eighty Dollars of a List of the Connecticut Line who acted as agents to settle of the final Settlement in New Haven in Connecticut. Since the Revolutionary war have been a wanderer in various Parts of the world I Resided in South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island for a number of years Some time in Massachusetts Some years in Hampshire State Some time in up state & am at Present in the the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York Town of Massena where I beg you would be so good as to drop a letter to me Informing whether my Government will grant me any Assistance if Not if there is any thing further that I can due to convince them that I am Not an impostor & that I faithfully fought and by day & by Night for the Independence of my Country Please Sir Answer if you love your Country am Old Revolutionary Soldier who is unwilling to go to an Attorney and say with I am told has been common undertake for me & I give you on half if my Request is Not granted Please Point out wherein was it to travel the United States over with I am unable to do Perhaps I might not find a man who very sure I subjoin the Affidavit of a Gentleman bro't up in the same Neighbourhood with me for your further Satisfaction to show that I am Not an impostor

I sent by or through G. Reading Esq. in 1830 who then simply a Petition Praying for the same thing I again Ashe for Mr. Readington, says I may as well annoy your Letter myself that my paying him for his trouble is sufficient for him
Philo of Canton Ellis Esq. in the Revolution Army when Dishonored
Subscribed & sworn before me this 25th day January in the year of our Lord 1832
Ebenezer Minor Justice of the Peace for Massena St Lawrence Co State of New York
Personally appeared Elisha Denison before me and makes Oath & says - That he is and has been acquainted with the above named P. C. Ellis since a boy; that he was brought up in the same neighborhood; that it was generally understood by all that he was in the United States Service that he the said Elisha Denison has seen him home on furlows and bread in Regiments frequently
Subscribed and sworn before Elisha Denison me this 25th day January 1832 - E. Minor Justice of the Peace
I have been for a long time acquainted with the above named Elisha Denison; and believe him to be a man of strict truth and veracity E. Minor
St Lawrence County Clerks Office / J. William H Root Clerk of the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that Ebenezer Minor whose signature is subscribed by himself to the above or foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the Peace of said County and I do hereby believe the same to be his own hand and Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the 31st day of January 1832 W. H. Root Clerk

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. Joseph Billings of the Town of Skaneateles in said County being duly sworn says that he was seventy five years of age the fifth day of April last past, that he was born in the Town of Preston in the County of New London State of Connecticut & resided in said Preston until he enlisted as a soldier as hereinafter is set forth; that he was well acquainted with Philip Carpenter Ellis of said Preston, that deponent & said Ellis were boys together and attended the same school, in said Preston, that deponent never knew the father of said Ellis, he understood that the father of said Ellis died when said Ellis was in his infancy, that deponent was well acquainted with the mother of said Ellis when said Ellis & this deponent were boys, she was a poor woman & a widow with whom said Ellis usually resided & annually went out to labor for wages, he annually labored for deponent's father, that said Philip Carpenter Ellis was usually called & known by the name of Carpenter Ellis, though deponent knew that his full name was Philip Carpenter Ellis, deponent further saith that in April in the year 1777. in this deponent enlisted for the term of three years as a soldier in Capt. Eldridge's Company in Col. Huntington's Regiment in the Connecticut Line in the Revolutionary Army - That soon after further a month as he thinks said Philip Carpenter Ellis enlisted in the same Company & served therein as a soldier until deponent was discharged having served his full term of three years, that when deponent was so discharged he left the said Ellis in said Company - That said Ellis was known by the name of Carpenter Ellis

in the Army which deponent knew him there, that said Ellis served as a waiter to Ensign James Lord of Capt. Eldridge's Comp. who also performed the duty of Paymaster of said Regiment - after the close of the war deponent saw said Ellis once and understood that he then resided in South Kingston in Rhode Island which was about fifteen miles distant from the deponent's then residence deponent further saith that there was no other person by the name of Carpenter Ellis or Philip Carpenter Ellis in said Company or Regiment, and has no recollection of any other man by the name of Ellis in said Regiment, further saith not -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 13 th day of November A.D. 1834.
Joseph Billings
J. M. Allen Judge of Peace. New. Bedford
State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
I certify that James M. Allen Esquire was on the 13 th day of November instant and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and sworn and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the jurat of the above affidavit to be his the genuine signature of the said Justice
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of November 1834. A. Edwards Dep. Clk.

Rec. 20 July 1855.
State of New York } ss. St Lawrence Co. }
George Redington of Waddington in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York, being duly sworn deposeth and saith - That in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty, he was one of the Magistrates, in and for the Town and County aforesaid. That some time in the Month of May or June of that year, as near as deponent can recollect, Phenix C. Ellis came before me to make a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved 15 th May 1828. I brought before me two persons to swear that he was reputed to have belonged to the Army of the Revolution - That the said Ellis in making his statement at that time, said that he was called and known in the Revolutionary Army as "Carpenter Ellis" but that when young he was christened with two names which was "Phenix Carpenter Ellis" - This deponent then remarked to the said Ellis that although he might have been called I known by the name of "Carpenter Ellis" in the Army & elsewhere, yet the presumption would be that at the time of his Entitlement he would

have put his name upon the Rolls as he had been christened & that he should now put it the same, and his name was consequently inserted in that manner - and further this deponent saith not -
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 th day of July 1833. before me J. L. Thompson J. Pease
Geo. Redington
St Lawrence County ss - I certify that George Redington by the person who took & subscribed the above affidavit is a man of truth & integrity J. L. Thompson J. Pease
State of New York
St Lawrence County ss I Alvin C. Dorr Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James L. Thompson Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County duly elected & sworn & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace and truly believe that the his signature to the said affidavit and the foregoing certificate is genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 12 th day of July 1833
A. C. DORR Clerk

Re. 20 July 1883.
State of New York } St Lawrence Co. } ss.
Elisha Denison of Massena in the County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is about sixty four years of age - That he is well acquainted with a man calling himself Phineas C. Ellis & has been acquainted with him ever since his Earliest childhood - That the said Ellis is now aged about Seventy four years - That this Deponent first knew the said Ellis at Preston in the State of Connecticut having lived within about two miles from the residence of the residence of the said Ellis previous to, during & until some time after the Revolutionary War - That the said Ellis at that time was called "Carpenter Ellis" & went by that name in the Army of the Revolution - That this Deponent never knew of his having any other Christian name but "Carpenter" until he first made application for a Pension under the present Law & then this Deponent supposed that he always had that name for a third name but was more called by it - That the said Ellis went into the Revolutionary Army about the commencement of the War and

was said to have served in the same until its close - Deponent not being in the Army himself cannot state positively as to his being in the Service the whole of the War, but he can say that he was from home & uniformly said to be in the Revolutionary Army - That this Deponent several times saw him at his residence in his uniform & con- versed with him upon the subject of his being in the Army - Some time after the commencement of the War he was said to have enlisted as a daring War Man, in Col. Huntington Regiment, the name of the Captain. Deponent does not recollect - Deponent knew of no other Ellis in the Army except the brother of Carpenter, whose name was Nathan & he was not in the same Regiment as he understood - Deponent has lately been about twenty five intimately acquainted with the said Ellis & knows well that he is the same person known in Col. Huntington's Regiment by the name of Carpenter Ellis - and further saith not
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 th day of July 1833 - before me
Elisha Denson
J. L. [unintelligible] J. Pease -
I hereby certify that Elisha Denson E. D. the person who subscribed the above affidavit is a man of credibility & one whose statements can be relied upon -
J. L. [unintelligible] J. Pease

State of New York St. Lawrence County ss I Alvin Osborn Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James S. Thayer Esq before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly qualified therefor and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 12 th day of July 1833
A Osborn CLK

Mapersville N.J. July 8 th 1833
free
To the Honorable Luis W. Lane
Secretary of the Treasury Washington

Re: 19 Jan. 1833.
Maspine Jan 7 th 1833 5211.
To the Honorable Lewis W. Darn. Secretary of the Treasury
Sir I Recd your long expected letter dated Nov r 19 th
I am truly surpris'd that you say my name is not found on the Old Revolutionary Rolls it must be you maybe there is some mistake whether my name in my enlistments was wrote in full Phenix Carpenter Ellis I do not no I was allways Cal Phenix at Roll call and answered to that call that I have as I have before stated to you God in your presence I expect shortly to appear no to be true and that I have not received any thing save the 80 $ donation bounty Land and pay as my other Brother soldiers did at that time is equally true I am know a poor old man my health that I lost in the Revolutionary Service I have never Regeined am and in need of Assistance and if any other Assistance from Government I am sure I do I have wrote to the Secretary of war begging him to examine the old Rolls for my name I unable to apply to legal Counsel and your Assistance & hope you will have Patience to assist a Poor old Revolutionary Soldier as far as you can with Poverty I did not think to Disgust the Secretary of war to give Information to you should he find my name Please inquiring him write me soon to Sir your Obedient & Humble Servant
Phenix C Ellis

Maherasy mur th 9th 1862
Agree
Revolutionary Claims The Honorable Louis M c Lane Secretary of Treasury Washington City

Re: 19 March 1872
Mafama March 7 th 1892
4392.
Sir yours of the 18 of February came safe to hand you ask me whether I ever Recd Bounty Lands as a Soldier in the United States Service in the Reb Revolution, and if so if I sold and to whom I sold my wright or claim on My Government for my Bounty Lands, I think in the year 1786 or 7 8 not thinking of much value at that time for $4 to a Man whose Name I forgot I sold in Housatonic in In Connecticut I am Sorry to give you so much trouble but Sir when I consider what I have under went to Obtain my my Contrary freedom and that I am Now in want of the same Assistance they have Granted to many of my Brother Soldiers I am induced to Renew my application Please Sir tell me by a Mother's Law if my Government will or will not due any thing for me to make my few Remaining Days more Comfortable It seems Sir than can be now that there is one on Earth that has a juster claim on their government than Sir your humble Servant
Please direct to Mafama County of St Lawrence State of New York
Phenigal Ellis

Scapena NY June 14 th
Free
Hon. Silas Wright Jr.
Senator of the U States Washington

Nashville June 13-1834
Hon Silas Wright Sir
Yours of the 30 ult o come to hand yesterday the Papers being mislaid fully explain your silence as the wants be no steps taken to give you information of what had been done without them the memorandum taken by you would not give you the Proof that has been done in the case you ask under what act the Pension was ask d for it was the act of May 15-1828 I enclose the first Letter that I saw from Secretary Ingham on the subject the Interrogatory was answered. Letters have every year & Repeatedly Committed to Paper since Affidavits have been sent several times I should think a Nuff to do away every doubt but it seems he apply by the Name of Phoenix Carpenter Ellis and the name Name of Carpenter Ellis is found in the Rolls of Company in which he makes affidavit he intitled in the Right of Col d Sherington &c and he also says there was not but his Br r Jonathan Ellis in the whole army by the name Name of Ellis to his Mother and belong to another Right. The Letters and Papers have been sent to the Office of the Different Secretaries of the Treasury in Variable the last answer came date Sept 26-1833 Sig d Secretary Tann y It has been ask d his Place of Residence and when he has Resided Since the Revolution and if he Rec d the Satisfaction for $400 of the New Bounty Land and he all of which Questions has been answered which if the Papers are found you can see with a historical account of the whole company as it Respect the double Name I made affidavit that I was bro t up in same Neighborhood with him Saw him at home and in Regimental drill at times said to be on furlough and all was said to be on During the war Soldier that he always kept Carpenter Ellis G. Redington in his Affidavit I think said when he shows me the answer to the first application that I Remark that I had never before of the double name he was a Poor affrighted boy when he enlisted with but little learning and says he knows not whether his last name was Phoenix Carpenter Ellis or only Carpenter that he is the man that he said his Contrary as he has stated I can be no more Partisan of my own Cause than I am of that from many Circumstances with in my own knowledge he underwent every thing but death as many others did in obtaining our freedom & if you Sir can and do assist him in obtaining the Bounty from our Government that have given to many of his Brother Soldiers you will make his few last days more comfortable and he may Blessing you & the Government.

The old gentleman went from my house the day before your letter and came as usual to Inger if any information had come from the Genl - Please give him a grin as the Old man has made up his mind if he can make out means to go to Connecticut to see if any of his Brother Soldiers is still living if the Profs considered in sufficient -
I have the Honor to be Very
Respectfully your Humble Servt
Elisha D. Denison
Hon Silas Wright
Senator of the U States

Maysene June 4 th - 1833
To the Honorable Luis Caps Sir
in answer to my letter addressed to you begging a compensation from government for my services as a Revolutionary soldier I Recd a line from a Mr Garrison of the bounty land office saying that the Name of Carpenter Ellis was Returned on the Records of the first Connecticut Regiment as being intitled to bounty lands, &c I first intitled under Lieut Bedrock in Com d Parsons Reg t in the fall of the year 1775 and joined the Reg t in Dec r following when the British evacuated Boston we went to New York and on Long Island I was in the battle of Flatbush when Gen l Washing t left Long Island I went with him from there I went with the Rangers to Hornhook for we Returned to Harlem Heath had a severe engagement the next day Gen l How Norton Commander of the Rangers was killed on the 17 th of Nov r  1776 Fort Washington I was in the Sapper house Prison till the first day of Dec r  1776 was a board of the Old Ship Dutton 504 of was Put on board the 17 th Jan y following there was only 170 of the Number alive we came to Hornhook my first enlistment being out after my little was Returned I enlisted with Capt o Eldridge of Com d Huntington's first Connecticut Reg t during the war joined the Reg t at Pitkill I was with Gen l Washington's army at Battle at Germantown and Monmouth Battle &c Several Skirmishes I was one summer with Gen l La Fayette sent out by Baron Steuben Gen l La Fayette ag st his Officers with Clothing and Side arms Blue Coats turn up with Gallow buff Commissioned Officers small Gold hilted Side arms Non Commissioned Officers Draps with white belts the Corpinals of which I was one had hangars also and white belts all with Black Plumes with Red tops all which I understood was furnished by Gen l La Fayette I was afterwards Advanced to a Sargent and continued as such till the Army was disbanded the fore part of my Second Enlistment I was water to James Lord Paymaster to the first Connecticut Reg t He was formerly Lieut in Capt o Eldridge's Company that I enlisted in on my Second enlistment we Wint r one winter at Valley Forge on at or near Morristown in the Jerses during that winter the Connecticut troops were sent to Springfield and Connecticut Farms &c we Return back to our huts &c the Enemy come over and burnt Springfield Connecticut Farms shot the Mines ter Wife Mrs Colwell drag her body out and burnt the house I think the next we wintered at Reding in Connecticut it was the winter before Benedict Arnold burnt New London one winter we was in York highlands &c I had a Furlow from Gen l Huntington our former Com d as my little was Poor went home I Return in fall of 1782 and joined the Army at West Point I afterwards Recd from Gen l Huntington an undiverted Furlow being unable to do duty & before Return my discharge was first met at West Point

Re: 21 June 1883.
5437.
Carpenter Ellis - Private, Eldridge's Comp y . Col: Huntington Regt. Conn t line Enlisted May 1 st 1877. for the War - Comp d Aug. 29 th 1879. Reduced Oct r 30 th '79 - Capt Jan y 80 - Serg t 24 th Sep r
Nathaniel Ellis enlisted June 14 th 1882, Dubuque, Regt. - Disch d Sep r 19 th 1882 See Conn t Rolls - Pension Office No Soldier by the name "Phenix Carpenter Ellis" is returned on the Muster Rolls of any Regt of the Connecticut line

in June 1830 I think I made my first Request to Government a thing I did not once intend to have done had I not been treated and hearing others that could be no man deserving then I did and got a Justice this Historical account of my Services has been sent to with Affidavits one of a man whose truth and Veracity could not be doubted so certified by the Magistrate certifying that he was broke up in the Neighbourhood when I was that he had seen me there while during the war and in my Regiment said to be on a patrol that I was always said to be during the war man be now Sir I am a Poor old man have neither means nor strength to travel the Country to find any of my Brothers Soldiers if any is living and Sir I find by the Public papers you say when the name is found no further proof is necessary no Sir my Name must be there if you will be so good as to cause Search to be made hearing of your Readiness to justice to be done to the Sons of the Old Revolutionary Soldiers I use the liberty to write to you in fact I do not know who is the Property Officer to apply to I have frequently written to the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury but I can but seldom get an answer I am unable to employ an attorney to do it for me and give them one half if my Government should allow me any thing to help me in my old age that I could be just to those I am under Obliga- tion to two Places Sir write me & tell me what if anything is wanted if I ever get anything I want it soon I can not wait it long As Respect the Name of Carpenter Ellis whether as I before wrote my Dubel given name was put in my enlistment or on the muster Roles or else where I do not if I was a Poor boy with very little Education if any whole man it would stand Phoenix Carpenter Ellis but it may be only Carpenter Ellis but is there any other man by the name then enlisted at the time under the same Officer or can there be any doubt that I did not leave my Country and have Represented my God in whom I mean I must shortly appear now the substance of what I have stated is true My Brother Nathan Ellis be long to the Connecticut Line but not to the same Reg't I think there was not any of our name in all the Connecticut Line Pray Sir write if you can say you think I have told you the truth if my government never do any thing for me I would sooner live the little time I may be favoured on Charity than be supposed to be an impostor I am Sir your Obedient Humble Servant
Pray Sir don't forget the Poor Old Soldiers who wish to know from you before he dies
Phoenix Carpenter Ellis

Revolutionary Claims.
N o 4129
Under the Act, entitled, An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution; approved 15 Mar. 1828.
I Certify that Phoebe Carpenter Ellis of Madrid — in the County of St. Lawrence in the State of New York is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Sergeant of Infantry — in the Connecticut Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Ten — dollars and — cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay, shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this Sixteenth — day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and of Independence, the fifty ninth .
S. P. Hildreth Secretary of the Treasury
Eng d by Throop, Wash t
Pay Certificate of Phoebe Carpenter Ellis

If the name is found write to N.Y. to find if there is any such person as Ellis.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the fifteenth of May 1828. I Phiniz Carpenter Ellis, now of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Sergeant, in a company commanded, as near as I can recollect, by Capt Sarrance, being commanded at the time of my enlistment by Captain Eldredge, in the first Regiment, of the Connecticut Line - which Regiment at the time of my Enlistment, was commanded by Col Huntington, and at the time of my discharge by Col Shearman - the number of the Regiment I state from the best of my recollection. I believe takes the first, or above stated. - And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th May, 1778.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March, 1828, on the Pension list of the United States -
and I further state that while in the army I was generally called by the name of Carpenter Ellis, & whether both of my Christian names were put upon the Roll I cannot positively state, but believe that they were -
Phiniz C Ellis
Madrid June 10 1830

Before me George Redington a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to administer oaths, in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appeared this day David M c Gloghlin and William Clark now of the said County, who did severally make oath that Phenix Carpenter Ellis, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. — Witness my hand this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty —
Sworn to & subscribed this 10 th day of June 1830 Before me. Geo. Redington Justice Peace
David M c Gloghlin W m Clark
I James G. Hopkins, Clerk of the Court of the County of St. Lawrence, in the State of New York do certify that George Redington before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 14 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty.
J. G. Hopkins Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ellis, Reuben, dec'd. GRADE Private in the artillery LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9349 and 13960 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 5, 1791 to Hannah Ellis, Ex'r. X-
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.